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The Role of Amnet in High-Speed Digital Publishing

Publishers require an integrated yet flexible solution that can manage all of their content requirements. However, a one-size-fits-all approach may not be the right answer for certain clients. Due to our extensive experience working with a wide range of prominent publishers, Amnet has recognized this predicament and offers customized high-speed digital publishing solutions for different types of publishers.

Amnet’s High-Speed Digital Publishing Service uses refined and fine-tuned processes to ensure that publishing schedules can be condensed in order to publish a book title within weeks. Amnet provides content management and production services seamlessly and consistently via its domain expertise and as per industry standards and expectations.

We can tweak our existing manpower resources to meet the requirements and challenges that are associated with a specific project, without compromising on our high levels of productivity and quality. We shoulder the entire project management process, from planning to implementation, working and coordinating with our customers on every single aspect that has a direct effect on the success of the project.

Amnet executes the editorial processes via our US-based copyeditors, and these processes are supervised by highly experienced team of editorial project managers. A standard-length book can be copyedited for author or publisher review in just three weeks. The US team works with the offshore production team on composition and e-book requirements. The final output files for print, e-distribution, and archival XML can be simultaneously produced at quickly, consistently, and inexpensively.

It is worth noting that this high-speed digital workflow is but one potential model and can be further custom-ized to specific client needs in consultation with the production editor. For example, additional time can be included for the client to review sample edits, design samples, or if other adjustments to timeframes proposed are required on the publisher’s end for their convenience.

Another important feature of this service is the provision of a portal that is used by publishers, copy editors, and production for seamless movement of manuscripts, copyedited manuscripts, final EPUB files, and print PDF. The portal also contains a dashboard that allows clients to view the progress of their projects, from manuscript to final delivery.

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High-Speed Digital Publishing Service

We have successfully demonstrated a time-saving rate of 67% by bringing down the industry-standard duration of a full-service project from 3 months to just 1 month. This reduction is possible due to additional allocation of resources for most of the processes in the workflow; in fact, the comparison ratio between the Normal Workflow and High-Speed Workflow for allocation of resources is 1:4. With more resources working simultaneously on different processes, Amnet is able to manage higher volumes within shorter turnaround times.

Inputs: Raw Manuscript, Copyedited Manuscript, and specifications, if any.

Outputs: Print Package, Single Optimized EPUB compatible for all devices/platforms, ePDF/Web-ready PDF, and XML files.

We provide two flavors of the High-Speed Service:

High-Speed Digital Publishing—Full Service (Turnaround Time—25 days):

Project Management Complete end-to-end management of the project, including monitoring, tracking, and reporting at every stage of the project life cycle via a single point of contact (US-based Project Manager).

Copyediting Unedited manuscript is copyedited to ensure accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar, and adherence to copyediting style guide of the client.

Template Development A standard set of design/layout templates are created by using Adobe InDesign as per the specifications and standard design components (for example, logos, copyright pages, standard decorative elements, and so on) provided by the client.

XML Conversion The final approved and copyedited manuscript is converted to the master XML file for output generation. E-book/E-galley Creation A single, optimized EPUB file that is compatible with all

devices and platforms and an e-galley file are created and submitted to the client. EPUB files are created as per a predesigned and approved cascading style sheet. Book Composition The final approved and copyedited manuscript, either in

the Microsoft Word or XML format, is typeset as per the predesigned and approved template in Adobe InDesign. Print PDF and ePDF files are then generated and provided to the client (in case of a Print PDF file, it is sent directly to the client’s printer). Also, EPUB and Print PDF files can be simultaneously produced.

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The client provides a manuscript and we execute the following tasks:

 Template Development  XML Conversion  E-book/E-galley Creation  Book Composition

With the above service offerings, you can be assured that the complete prepress work cycle is finished on time and with an extremely high level of quality. For information about our services and how we can transform your content, please contact:

Celina O’Brien, Amnet Marketing Team celina@amnet-systems.com

Corporate Office

Amnet Systems Private Limited Extn: no 40, North Phase, Guindy Industrial Estate Ekkattuthangal, Chennai 600 032 Tamil Nadu, India.

Tel: +91 (44) 3075 4900

Mitchell Freiberg, Sales Director - U.S. mitch@amnet-systems.com US Office Amnet Systems, LLC 110 W. Main St. Urbana, IL 61801 Tel: (217) 954-0130

Jahir Hussain, Sales Director - U.K. jahir.hussain@amnet-systems.com

UK Office

1 Doughty Street London WC1N 2PH Tel: +44(0) 207 404 5466